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Hi all,

I‘d like to present my latest project that I‘ve just finished.

Before starting let tell you that isn’t a „the special one“ (José Mourinho) but just „the normal one“ (Jürgen Klopp).

What I want to tell you is, all parts are just simple and as I bought, no further work on them. The only exception is the dial which has been made by Belkin12.

- Watch case: AliExpress (47 mm)
- Dial: Belkin12 (39 mm)
- Hands: eBay
- Crown: raffles (had to use an adapter)
- Movement: 6497
- Strap: AliExpress

Next steps are going to be:
- 26 mm strap; from Vezire; already ordered
- new buckle; already ordered
- new hands: Athaya or NW
- a friend of mine will make ~649x stems with 0.9 mm thread for me
- and finally I have to find someone to work on the case.

Please find below some pics:









I had to file the adapter… to fit to case, movement and crown.





As I mentioned above nothing special for the specialists here in H-F… you guys are in the Champions League and I play (at the moment) in the District/Regional League.

Congrats! Great work!

Great!

As good as anything!

Thank you guys.

Incredible build considering zero experience.

On my opinion the hour hand is too close to the dial surface. Hence, the only thing I would improve is CP/HW. Swapping it to H3 could significantly change an overall look.

Belkin12 wrote:Incredible build considering zero experience.

On my opinion the hour hand is too close to the dial surface. Hence, the only thing I would improve is CP/HW. Swapping it to H3 could significantly change an overall look.

Thanks master.

How about the other way?

1.) reduce the backplate to a minimum or even
2.) cut the seconds pin, remove the backplate and fix the dial on the movement.

Would this work either?

dj57 wrote:

Belkin12 wrote:Incredible build considering zero experience.

On my opinion the hour hand is too close to the dial surface. Hence, the only thing I would improve is CP/HW. Swapping it to H3 could significantly change an overall look.

Thanks master.

How about the other way?

1.) reduce the back plate to a minimum or even
2.) cut the seconds pin, remove the back plate and fix the dial on the movement.

Would this work either?

You may face a stem alignment issue. There is not so much hight to play. If the current combination gives correct stem position, reducing the dial thickness will definitely result in offset.

Belkin12 wrote:

dj57 wrote:

Belkin12 wrote:Incredible build considering zero experience.

On my opinion the hour hand is too close to the dial surface. Hence, the only thing I would improve is CP/HW. Swapping it to H3 could significantly change an overall look.

Thanks master.

How about the other way?

1.) reduce the back plate to a minimum or even
2.) cut the seconds pin, remove the back plate and fix the dial on the movement.

Would this work either?

You may face a stem alignment issue. There is not so much hight to play. If the current combination gives correct stem position, reducing the dial thickness will definitely result in offset.

Yep, that’s true.

Very nicely done DJ.

@Belkin12 , where could someone get their hands on an H3?